On November 8, 2021, we hosted a panel on Climate Relocation and Human Rights with the Young Pacific Leaders Network and the US Consulate in New Zealand. The event brought together collaborators on the Right to Life with Dignity Climate Justice project and Robin...
We are thrilled to spotlight ICAAD Advisor, Priya Chand. Priya is a Communications Practitioner born and based in Fiji. Currently, she oversees communications for the Regional Pacific Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Hub Project under the German Development...
By David McDaniels and Jyoti Diwan October 26, 2021 Solving homelessness must start with reframing the challenge from an economic burden or criminal issue to the human rights crisis it is. “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and...
By David McDaniels August 6, 2021 It is past time to end the romanticization of Supreme Court decisions. While historic, humanity-affirming cases are vital for advancing human and civil rights, they are equally used to quiet demands for structural change and pacify...
By Chris Mansa LaPorte and Hana Porter August 3, 2021 Brown v. Board made it illegal to segregate schools based solely on race, but the promise of racial equity in education remains unfulfilled in many parts of the country, including the largest school district in...
In 1989, Graham v. Connor again tested the possibilities for police accountability at the Supreme Court. The standard of “objectively reasonable” became the benchmark for police decision-making, but as Harbani highlights in her poem, “the question is whether an...
